An issue with the PSOne cdrom

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Kyosho
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An issue with the PSOne cdrom

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My PSOneP was having trouble loading games. I thought the laser lense might've gotten dirty, so I cleaned it. No go. Then I thought perhaps it was having the problem that the old PSX used to have, where the laser would wear down after time, and if you turned the system upside down, it would be closer. So I held it in the equivalent of that position (back side of the PSOneP down) and it loaded fine. So, I thought, crap, guess I'll just have to adjust the pot and see if I can give it enough power to work.

I adjusted and adjusted and adjusted by teeny tiny increments, and nothing would get it to work. Sure, I got it to work much worse, but no better. So I turned the pot back to its original position. Same deal as before. Then I suddenly realized it probably wasn't the laser at all, seeing as I made sure the lense hadn't been scratched at all.

I thought, hmm, perhaps it's because the laser assembly has to move up and down vertically. Click the link above and look at the back to see what I mean. So instead of holding it with the back down, to load, I simply held it sideways, and it loaded fine. Appearently moving up and down is just too much work for the thing.

I don't suppose there's anything I can do about this, is there? I mean, when I put it into its new case, it will be a non-issue. But until then, I guess I'll have to play laying down. :?
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i could probably help but that's broken link. got any pics that work?
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wow I had the same problem with my MPSONE rev but i never figured it out before I fried the board due to faulti controller wiring.
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just rotate the cd drive 90 degrees and it'll work
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daguuy wrote:just rotate the cd drive 90 degrees and it'll work
Yeah I know. But..well..might as well just wait until I get a good case.
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